Madrone

Madrones regularly shed their bark and their bare trunks often looks like skin to me.

- Dan.

This is very cool, Dan. It is a great little abstract. I like the lines, textures and colors. It is my favorite of your recent abstracts.

Dan, very nice capture. Without your direct input on this one, it really takes time to get one's bearings here. As such, it works perfectly as a true abstract.

Very nice, Dan. I like the contrast between the rough bark and the smooth 'skin' of the tree. I also like the cool colored rough bark against the warmer'skin'.

Well done!

-P

Great photo! I was viewing it on my laptop and the whole vertical image doesn't fit. As I was scrolling I got to see it with some of the bottom bark "cropped", and I liked it better. See what you think....

What a great mix of textures, shapes and colors! I like this a lot. Well seen and captured.

The title kinda gives it away if your really familiar with California native plants. That and the grey scaly bark at the bottom. Many chapparal plants shed their bark, I'm not sure why maybe the bark is so tough and stiff they need to shed it to grow. That being said. The textures and colors are wonderful.

Paul

Very abstract, Dan. I like the colors, textures, and lines.

Dan,

I like this very much - great, intimate detail, color and "character." No nits really, but I would favor a crop from the top to remove the "scar" in the UL. Also, I'm not sure about the cyan/green color of the bark - but then it could very well be close to that color... Overall, a fascinating nature abstract.

Lon

Dan, As others have commented, a very pleasing abstract. The colors are subtle. I'm wondering what it would look like as a B&W? Nicely done.

Nice Dan, I really like the texture and color.